Shared Care in Mental Health

Easy to read and user friendly. This book is problem oriented and offers sensible, pragmatic and practical and practical advice to GPs and the primary care team as a whole for the management of mental health problems. It is designed to be 'dipped into' when faced with problem on a daily basis.

Shared Care in Mental Health

Description

"Shared care in mental health' covers the broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders encountered by the primary care physician. It has been written to provides practical solutions to assist in the management of the common health problems seen in primary care. Shared care means not only care shared between primary and secondary care but also refers to utilizing the skills of the non-medical members of the primary healthcare team. This handbook is easy to read and user friendly and is designed to be 'dipped into' when faced with a problems in daily practice. It is problem-solving orientated and offers sensible, pragmatic and practical advice. The book is structured around the treatment of particular patient groups, for example, the depressed patient, the anxious patient, the patient with insomia. Each treatment of particular patient groups, for example, the depressed patient, the anxious patient, the patient with insomnia. Each treatment covers the following areas: epidemiology; recognition and diagnosis; management in primary care; when to refer and what to expect from secodary services. Equal attention is given to drug treatments, not only what to prescribe but how to improve compliance, and psychological treatments. Case reports are included to illustrate the application of treatment techniques. This book has been written by a team who understand GPs, general practice and then psychiatry. The emphasis throughout the book is to provide the General Practitioner with practical and specific help in the management of mental health problems.

Shared Care in Mental Health

Table of Contents

1. The depressed patient2. The anxious patient3. The psychotic patient4. The problem drinker5. The forgetful and confused patient6. The patient with somatic symptoms7. The patient with insomnia8. The fatigued patient9. The pregnant and post-partum patient10. The patient with an eating disorder11. The substance abuser12. The manic patient13. The patient with a personality disorder14. The bereaved patient15. The risky patientAppendix The mental health act 1983 England and Wales Index